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Why is it framed as a problem in the first place? If you're running a convenience store and your customers purchase 65/35 apples/oranges, how would you solve a
by gspetr 8y ago
Why is it framed as a problem in the first place?
If you're running a convenience store and your customers purchase 65/35 apples/oranges, how would you solve a "problem" of getting them to buy 50/50?
Nowhere in real life do we see an equal representation unless it's enforced artificially.
If I told you that hispanics outnumber asians majoring in History 8:1, but asians outnumber hispanics majoring in Chemistry 10:1, then how would one solve that? Does that need to be solved?
- aklemm 8y agoTwo reasons: 1) Women make less than men often because of career choices. If they make that choice because of shitty behavior in well-paying industries, then we have an injustice on our hands. 2) Underrepresentation of any group puts them at real risk of policies being made against their interests. Imagine a men’s family rights law office staffed only by women. I wouldn’t trust that for best representation. Also see the CA board rules about female representation just announced.
- aklemm 8y agoDownvote unwarranted for this reasonable answer. Refutations welcome.
- tomp 8y agoI didn't down-vote you, but a few refutations: (1) shitty well-paying jobs are a fact of life, men often have to (and do) deal with that (e.g. oil rigs, finance, doctors, soldiers). STEM isn't even that well paid (compared to medicine or law) (being a soldier is shitty pay also AFAIK). If you're bent on solving this problem for women only, that's pretty sexist; or is this just the specific instance of this problem where you see most potential upside (unlikely IMO). (2) We're talking about jobs, not policy here. Also, the market adapts - you would just use a different product, a different law office! Are you worried about our tech being "too Asian" because of their over-representation?